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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13
Ostrich Racing ms Carried ON IN
Afrlcn-!-A Novel rastime.

We were treated to IN exhibition
which was a novelty worth travelling
miles to sce--ans ostrich lace. T@o
little carts, the frames Of Which We're
made Of bamboo and the wheels similar
to those Of u yelocipede, weighing, all
the gear included. thirty-seven pounds,
were brought forth and four very large
ostriches trained to the business and
harnessed abreast were attached to
each one. The race course was u fiat
piece of country about four miles and q
quarter in length; the distance to ba
travelled was foHr miles straight away
and return. Two Of the smallest spec:-
mems OF African humanity ever seen.
less than four feet in height and weigh
ing about seventy-two pounds apiece,
Bosjesmen, pure and simple, were Sc
lected as charioteers, and all was ready.
/ had been provided Witha magnificent
sixteen hands high English hunter,
having record placing him among the
very best saddle horses Of Cape Town,
and was quarter way toward the turn
Of the course, pushing my fresi, seed
to do his best, when the feathered
bipeds started, and before I reached the
turn the ostrich chariots;had passed
me-. going and returning like flash Of
lightning. I did see them, and yet so
quickly did they vanish into distance
that pen picture, valuable for its ac-
curacy, cannot be given. The time
taken at the starting point by several
of the spectators was, for the four miles
and return, nearly nineteen minutes,
not very fast for ostrches, SO they said,
but too rapid for English hunters, ]
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13

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radualiy growing more aIid ms rs slls-i
l,.clloas OF & t1e SSln aslng tarnlilalltS
aisp yea pys the young man toward Ills
y mis- eress, seeing his hand rest lig htly
agalnss her should er3i unknown to her,
" cou ploke INTO open rese enV,
ana with an angry groWl spTa arig st the
lntrlld l1t,s der. sen 10y surpris they both
pressed back alld an an instant more
the lffail railing snapped, and all three
We're ia the yyaterl SIS s. ss5 5
y Ihe . shall Wness Of the stream pre-
vented the posslpi ility or serious conse-
;qu,ences, and beyond g cooling bath,
(which under q ifsereilt circumstances
would have been era tef,li and "a little
sIn,le that could 90 no al, leltller was
damaged. lr.y w alton quickly egaln-
ed us fees ana am assisted Miss Jessamlne
UP tue Dsnk; Sarlos = lneanWnlleAoto,ks4ill9 t,s49
on3ln q very crese-faiien manner, as II
ne apprec clated the mlstake ms 1ealotllsiy
nag caused m MN 70 MAKE MISS Jessar
NINE ttl was az iirsc cons!9erapiy 1rlghc1
enep, Due = IL &, was Sollaerinl Wnas 9
suosl eitese .lie ptessHte u Pnt ies'
s.sis ls'S' W lleil .i.eys ieaciie.t
ehe Ioau onco ilott, aFiu ila an opPoi-
su!lisy ooserying eaeil osliel Pig ~,
ieioier eouiu tesisy slte oiliitsleii -
As'ue !. az ene .''feileiy Bfi''ic'l.o''s ny
uies 20, sloy Guy. Il;
ou - eses s'Ip setse,ES itulni! 'vl' 't,s'
Ma'e, saiu MT. vi w aitoh Johlhgiys
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13
IIsI w EE K I'D ll'I1)N,
Atlantis.
Somewhere beneath the waves sanken q 4

Somewhere beneath the waves sunken
N town b ,5S
Lies nestled In q valley fair to SOC, 81
There ocean trees of dazSling brilliancy
In pearly earth and coral rocks are grown;
9Unpaved the streets save by deep shadows
thrown S 5g i. }s3
From buildings tall, whose crumbling ma.
l jesty y tsis. "
y lies With the beauty Of the scenery
I Translucent through the waters amber
brown. ss ,5S s5 * j &
! All ilence Y sre. No sound of busy tread,
No storms como ri gh this city of,the dead,
a Above the ships sal len, sometimes 80 near
Their sbafl oWs gil 10 down through the
wat terS clear 4, !. i3t
TIE 'Ill sailors little think. far down those
deeps, & s. ,,s 3; u
! How silently long -iost Atlantis sleeps. .,t
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13
Puzzled Lambs.

1t IS said that so acute is the sleeps
sense Of hearing, that she can distin-
gh!sh the cry of her own lamp among
thousand others, all bleatlng at the
same time; and the lamb Is able to re-
Ecognize it's mothers voice., even though
1t be in the midst Of large flock.
James Hogg, who was shepherd as
we'll as a poet, tells that it is very anus
ing to watch the sheep and lambs dur
ing the shea eIng season. While the
sheep were being shorn, the lambs
would be put into fold by themselves,
and the former be sent to join their
little ones as soon as the operation of
shearing is over. The moment lamb
heard its mothers voice itwonltl hasten
from tie crowd to meet her. Instead
Of finding the trough well.clad maman
which it had left short time before, it
would meet a strange and most deplor-
able looking creature. At the sight cf
this 1t would wheel about, uttering O.
most piteous cry Of despair. Soon,
however, the sleeps voice was heard
again; the lamb would thercupon turn,
and sometimes repeat this conduct. for
ten or u dozen times before 1t fully l,ll-
derstood that tile sllorn eve vas in
reality Its mother. &
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The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13

Il W
and vent With him Ito live at Fort
sully, Dakota. They lived happily
together and Mrs WILLIAMS became d
fayorite Of all at the fort. In August,
1867, ller husband was drowned While
in battling, Eands his wife became d
widow! for tliestlirdatime.
Her father, who ;hads heard Of his
only daughters Tmisfortunes, begged Of
her to, return to her former home and
be forgiven, but she still felt the sting
,oflliis refusal to recognize her first mar
riage, and once moro began earning hel
own livelihood. For two years she was
a goyerness in the family Of q Louis
Vile merchant. She married Rey. Ed
ward Lukes, at Coyington, Ky., in
1860. Her husband was, sent o little
later as "a Presby yterian missionary to
India, and she accompanied him. They
made their home successfully in India,
Hong Kong and Honolulu, in eacl, Of
which places Mrs. Lukes was well
known for her devotion to her husband,
who was a consumptiye, and for ,llel
assistance In his missionary labors.S Mi.
Llkes died in the Sandwich Islands In
1874, and his widow made her way
back to America with her. husband's
body. ...f;.s',.ig,
For q year she made her home WITH
her brother near Palmyra and then re.
moved to Philadelphia, where she en-
tered q private hospital as q nurse
Her slender finances had been. exhaust
ed and she was then very poor. Among
the patients to whom she ministereG
was Graham 2. Esty, q sugar and mo
lasses merchant at New Orleans. III
fell desperately III love with lis nurse
and after weeks and months Of very
warm conrtship, married her March 13
1873. Their happy home at New Or
leans was broken up by her husband':
failure the next year and his suicide By
shooting willie in the depths Of despair
because of his financial losses.
Left q widow for the fifth time AMI
broken in health and spirit, Mrs. Esty
returned to her brother's home a few
weeks after her husbands death. 70,
several months she was very Ill, and
was convalescing when her father die6
Of old age anu exhaustion. Until 1881
she lived alone with her brother, ant
about that time became acquainted
with a wealthy and retired gold miner
Albert M. Baxter, from Nevada. The,
were married at Palmyra in 1882. Tht
couple spent over q year in travel. il
lllfur0p and Elsy anh iiiysts at ilit
hotels in New York for several months
During the past year Mr.. Baxter has
been engaged III building a magnifi6en
mansion, costing over 100000, fol
their occupancy, near Ithaca. 1t wa.
their intention to spend their remain
ing days there, and Mis-. Baxter, 'yhc
had known. so many disappointment
and Dereavements, looked forward will
pleasure to her bright prospects. But
In all this there was still another disap
pointment for her. She was attacked
/ by q fatal disease two months ago
when about to remove to her mansion
She died on the 11th Of November
1887. e
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13
=
Dinah Speaks Out IN Meeting.

While at service an old lady happened
to sneeze, and, as nearly every eye was
turned toward her Immediately after
she had sneezed, she felt very nncom.
Portable. When she arrived at homo
she said to Dinali, her colored mai,l-of-
all-work, who had accompanied her to
the meeting: "Dinah, why didn't you
take the blame of that sneeze on your
shoulders2 You should have made 1t
appear as though it was you, not T.,
that sneeZed," At the next meeting
the old lady happened to sree2e again.
The preacher paused in his Discourse,
and there was slight litter among the
congregation, which increased to q roar
as the simple-mindcd but honest Dinah
arose and remarked: 81 takes de blame
of dat sneeze dat my missus hab DUST
sneezed en- my own shoulders.,' -,
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13

A scientific expedition for the explora-
t!on Of Africa is in course of organiza-
tion under tho charge of DR.. EMIL Rio
beck. Much Is expected Of 1t. Herr
Gottlob Adolf Krause Will lead the party
and see that the plans are carried out
The immediate object is described as
the investigation of tho Languages and
social condition OF the inhabitants or
the region about the Niger, Renue and
Lake Tsad.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13

Mosquitoes are accused by Professor
A. +, a. King, OF originating aud lis
seminating malarial disease.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1887-12-13

One Of the French societies in the
interest Of the industrial classes has rec.
commended the suppressions OF oil cir.
cnlar saws in workshops, where prac.
ticable. The following reasons are
given for this action, namely: Such
saws are extremely dangerous for
workman; they require much more
force than other saws; they cut u
broader line, and consequently produce
more waste.
God made some persons stronger and
Atnarter than others 80 He could see
how they treat the poor as they are
gathering for the great market.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22
LET 1T BE REMEMBERED

That:
1t was Democratic Congress that
passed the arrearage pension bill.
1t was a Democratic Congress that
passed the interstate commerce law.
1t was a Democratic Congress that en-
acted law to pension the veterans Of the
Mexican war.
1t was Democratic Congress that en-
acted a law prohibiting the contract Of
alien labor. ..
1t was Democratic Congress that en-
acted law permitting the incorporation
of trade unions.
1t was Democratic Congress that en-
acted law providing for the redemption
Of the trade dollar.
1t was Democratic Cong ress that en-
acted law for the protection of Ameri-
can fishermen.
1t was Democratic Congress that en-
acted a law preventing the employment
of convict labor by federal officers.
1t was Democratic Congress that for
ever settled the electoral count business
by giving to each State power to say for
whom its vote should be cast.
1t was a Democratic Congress that
established tribunal for trying suits
against the government Instead OF crowd
ing them into the hands of lobbyists
1t was Democratic Congress that re-
pealed the tenure of office act enacted by
Republican Congress for partisan pur-
poses in violation Of the constitution.
1t was Democratic Congress that re-
stored to the domain 500o0,000 acres of
land granted railroad corporations by the
Republican party, and unearned.
1t was Democratic Congress that
passed a resolution to investigate the
Pacific Railroad, which has already COM
PEELED the road to arrange for the pay
ment of both principal and interest on
its government bonds.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

AMONG the doubtful winds that were
heard in the land when Cleveland was
elected was one to the effect that Dem
ocratic administration would have a dis
astrous effect on the national banking
interest. What are the facts 2 Comptrol-
Ter Trenholm says:
@From the 4th of March, 1885" ITO the
LIST of August, there have been organized
450 new national banks, (which the very
great majority have been established in
those parts of the country in which the
national banking system had not been
popular under earlier administrations;
while within the last six months there
have been more new banks formed in
the large cities than for several years
previously. From these facts it may be
inferred that at least no harm has come
to the national banking system in conse-
quence of the change of party in power
at Washington"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22
NOT A REFORM PARTY.

- ~
AS 10 tne general cnaracierlstlcs ol tne
Toledo platform, II must pe evident 70
every sensible kepu1IRcan that vigorous
dehuncla!lon OF reDel democrats, anu ol
the Presidents order IN regard 10 tne
hags' ana OF the petrayal OF EXeGutlve
pledges OF clvll service REFORM Will not
avail as against me tcmPGrGte ana '0eH-
CONSIDERED dector9t'ons O p"0uc Pot'cy CO. cor
taunt of Greber' and the appeal to old
passions and sectional jealousy and war
cries in general will merely please that
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22
GOVERNOR FoRAKER's sPsEuH.

Governor Foraker is, we believe, q
man OF education, who was thought
worthy by an intelligent majority OF the
citizens OF Ohio to be the Governor Of
the State. But does any intelligent man
in the country think that it is decent
thing for the Governor of Ohio to say Of
the President of the United States, upon
his prompt revocation of an order which
proved to be beyond his proper authori-
ty, that "he quailed like whipped span
iel before the storms Of indignant pro-
tests that swept down upon him from
every loyal State" ?
Ii Governor FoRAKER's friends should
reply that it is true, the reply would
prove nothing, and would be merely
repetition of the indecency. The form
of Governor FOrdker's attack upon the Presi-
dent throughout lCds an insult 10 the people Or
| the United States. 1t is, we believe, Who'll
ly without precedent in the references of
the Governor OF State to the President.
Ereil The illusions of some of the rebel Gov
ernors in 1861 10 President Lincola were not
so wholly unbecoming digniied official post
ton as The furious onslaught Of GorenOr
FOrdkerup0n President Cleveland.
Whoever reads his speech in the Con-
| vention, and the speech at his reception
in Toledo, in which he said, This gath
ering Of. Republicans means that when
our lines are drawn we will sweep over
the whole rebel brigade" will understand
how naturally the name OF Governor
FORAKER is associated with that of Mr..
BLAINE for the Republican nomination
in 1883. We ask any intelligent american
to compare the speeches, letters, and remarks
of Governor Foraker wih hc speeches, let-
terS, messages, and remarks Of President
Cleueldnd, and decide aUhich, upon that slto,C-
ing, is the Oister, higher, truer representa- Ce
Of american patriotism.
Harper's Weekly.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

WHY all these capitalistic organizations
for the dissemination of high tariff liter
ature? Do they proceed upon the as
sumption that the workingman has not
sense enough to know when he is well
off? Why such desperate efforts to
persuade him that he is supremely
happy-he ought to know it without
having it dinned into his ears from morn
ing till night every day in the year.
Give him rest Quit beating your
high-tariff tomtoms and blowing your
protectionist bazoos, and let the "still
small voice" of the happy people be
heard
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

The Commercial Gaseiis is troubled in
It's mind about certain employees Of For
akers Cincinnati Board Of Public Affairs
being candidates for the Legislature. 1t
asks the question "Are these people
attending to their business ?" Then the
question is answered with a snapper
"We presume not and Il is our opinion
there ought to be eigh Uaoalcies." This is
a case where distance lends enchantment
to the view, and another proof of how
peculiar Republican ideas of official duty
and prosperity are. In Columbus, Gov
ernor Foraker can take the Commissioner
Of Railroads and Telegraphs, the State
Librarian, the Clerk of the Supreme
Court and his own Private Secretary,
whose aggregate salaries (paid by the
State) are at least $l2,100, and make
them members Of the Republican Execu-
tive Committee and managers of his
gubernatorial campaign, and the Cncin-
natl Commercial Gazette does not say a
word. 1t never asks whether these Off
GERS are attending to their official busi-
ness, and would think it horrible to sug-
gest that a decent regard for official
morals would have compelled every one
of them either to decline to be Foraker's
political hacks at public expense, or to
resign the positions the duties of which
they are now compelled to neglect.
Benny Foraker and Willie Bill Cappel.
Ter are fine exponents of civil service
morals; but they will have to exert them
selves to keep up with the reckless po-
litical blatherskite of the Commercial Ga
sette, who one day commends inad-
vertently, no doubt the Democratic Gin
cinnati Postmaster for having diminished
the expenses of his Office, notwithstand-
ing the large increase of business, and
the next day howls with forty jackass
power; "Turn the Democratic rascals
out"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

IT is exceedingly doubtful whether
Foraker has found, or will find, in the
field of politics the soothing and salutary
distraction of mind which he seemed to
need when he bade adieu to the brain
jacking and body-exhausting duties of a
judicial career. Perhaps the farmers OF
Ohio, in the generosity of their hearts
and out of gratitude for his effort to
seven up" their taxes by increasing the
valuation of their farms, will permit him
to retire at the close of the present year
and to seek needed refreshment in those
peaceful pastoral avocations in which,
four years ago, he used to boast himself
so highly accomplished. AS dairy
maid he might be a success, if he could
resist the temptation to put his foot into
the milk.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

DURING Gov. Fosters administration,
he appointed two Democrats upon each
board of five Trustees of Benevolent In
stitutions, and Gov. Hoadly retained two
Republicans upon all such boards. This
arrangement which it was supposed
would henceforth be the settled policy
of both parties has been departed from
by Gov. Foraker, who has reduced the
Democratic representation upon most of
these boards to one member. The char
table institutions of the state have be-
come under Foraker mere machines for
the furtherance of partisan schemes and
personal ends; and not even Repub-
lican could remain on any one of the
Boards unless he was willing to become
the mere tool of the governor; the
mouthpiece of his wishes, and slavishly
subservient to his commands. Great is
Christian Charity, but still greater is
Foraker lin his own estimation).
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

THERE must be a. revaluation of real
estate at once, says J. B. Foraker. We
can not wait for the legally appointed
time in 1890. The farmers don't pay
taxes enough. We must get after them
at once, and that not in the ordinary way.
When the appraisers are elected from
among the farmers themselves there is a
mutual desire and conspiracy to keep
down the valuation. We must have a
State commissioner appointed, who will
value all property irrespective of local
judgment as to its worth. Foraker feels
sure that the Legislature will give him
the power to appoint State Board of
Equalization, and enact that all property
shall be revalued now, he can "even it
up on tine farmers" For particulars see
his special Message.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

THE Republican party gave away the
rich. public domain to corporations, syn-
dicates and foreigners Cleveland is
forcing it back to the people. The Re-
publicanS created privileged classes and
fostened monopolies by their systems of
taxation, whereby the rich are protected
and made richer and the poor kept poor
by being forced to pay taxes On what
they eat and wear, when the money is
not needed to pay expenses of the Gov
ernment. They strive by every means
in their power to foster sectional hate,
thereby retarding the development of a
large portion of our country and clogging
the wheel Of industry and thrift in the
south.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

The humbug of civil service reform as
professed by the Democratic Administra-
ton is being rapidly exposed. AS pratic-
ed it is fraud Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette.
The kind of civil service reform which
Halstead loves with all his soul is that prac-
tlced by the notorious Republican Board
OF Public Affairs in Cincinnati, which un-
blushingly resolved that the municipal
affairs OF that city ought to be managed
in the interest of the Republican party,
and then removed every Democrat hold
ing a position under the Board. This
rule works only one way Ng III
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

The only regard Ohio Republicans
have for civil service reform is that they
may, by its rules, retain some of their
party in office during Democratic su-
premaey. They howl for it where DEM
ocrats have the appointments to make !;
they utterly ignore all its rules where
they have control or can by any possibil-
ity turn out a Democrat. Those Repub-
icans, who honestly believe in the doc
trine of their platform are dubbed Mug
wumps, and utterly ignored in all party
councils. .a........r
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

THE Democratic party stands unalter-
ably upon the principle of personal
liberty enunciated by Grover Cleveland
in his letter of acceptance three years
ago: "In free country the curtailment
of the absolute rights of the individual
should be only such as is essential to the
peace and good order Of the community"
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

II WAS not 'dirty Democrat" who
told the farmers of Ohio that they did
not pay their just proportion of the taxes
necessary to run the state government.
The present governor of Ohio embodied
the accusation in special m essage to the
Legislature.
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22
Consump,ion. wasting Diseases.

Consumption, Wasting Diseases,
And general debility. Doctors disa-
gree as to the relative value of Cod
Liver Oil and Hypophosphites; the one
supplying strength and flesh, the other
giving nerve power, and acting as a
tonic to the digestive and entlre-sys-
tenn. But in Scott's Emulsion of Cod
Liver Oil with HypOphosphites the two
are combined, aud the effect is wonder
full. Thousands who have derived no
permanent benefit from other prepara-
tiOns have been cured by this. Scott's
Emulsion is perfectly palatable and is
easily digested by those who cannot
tolerate plain Cod Liver Oil. l mo
Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1887-09-22

EVEN such persistant and unscrupu-
lous howler against everything Demo-
cratic. as the Cincinnati Commercial
Gazette is occasionally driven to admit
that all the ability to administer RESPONSE
BILE public offices does not reside ex-
clusively with Republicans. 1t was con-
tinually hoasting that the Cincinnati
Post i'd under Col. Whitfield was the
best IN IN rcel Office in the country, and
sug stt.l that it would certainly not
maintain its reputation for efficiency
under the new Democratic incumbent
This is one OF the many instances when
the prais OF ones enemies are especially
signif ant. Here is what the C.-G. now
says:
POSTMASTER Riley yesterday completed
the report OF the business of the Cincin-
natl Pvsi-ollice for the fiscal year ending
June 80 last. 1t is Mr.. Riley's first re-
port ind g.res an excellent account of
his stewardship. 1t is, too, the first report
of the business of The poSt-o6ice submitted to
the public siace 1881.